Preformed Line Products Company

NasdaqGS:PLPC Stock Report

Market Cap: US$608.2m

Preformed Line Products Valuation

Is PLPC undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PLPC when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PLPC ($124.19) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($31.92)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PLPC is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PLPC?

Key metric: As PLPC is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PLPC. This is calculated by dividing PLPC's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PLPC's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio18.4x
EarningsUS$32.97m
Market CapUS$608.23m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PLPC's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PLPC vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.5x
LYTS LSI Industries
22.9x17.2%US$541.4m
ALNT Allient
27.3x30.8%US$395.5m
THR Thermon Group Holdings
22x21.1%US$967.1m
SHLS Shoals Technologies Group
25.9x28.8%US$853.5m
PLPC Preformed Line Products
18.4xn/aUS$608.2m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PLPC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.4x) compared to the peer average (24.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PLPC's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electrical Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
KRFG OneSolution Technology
1xn/aUS$1.33m
No more companies available in this PE range
PLPC 18.4xIndustry Avg. 22.5xNo. of Companies5PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PLPC is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.4x) compared to the US Electrical industry average (22.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PLPC's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PLPC PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate PLPC's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 02:15
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Preformed Line Products Company is covered by 1 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Amruta DeshpandeVirtua Research Inc.